How to Write and Publish Books, Reports and Manuals Independently

In this article you will learn how anyone can publish an article, a report or a book or a manual on the Lulu free publishing site.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Word Document
• Membership to Lulu

1. Your Interest: If you have a particular hobby or interest which you know a lot about, then think about writing an article on the topic.

2. Research: Do a bit of research on your topic online and offline. Keep gathering information on your topic.Keep a notebook for this purpose, so that you can collect a vast amount of information on your topic.

3. Niche Research:Do Niche research with a Free Keyword Tool. There are a number of them available on the web. A Keyword Tool will help you to know the topic of interest which people are searching for on the web. You will need to concentrate on a topic which people want to read about. In this way, you can make a profit.

4. Compilation: Get all your notes together and start composing a document on Word. If your research is enough for a two page article, that is perfect. Someone on the web would be interested in it and would pay you money for it. If your article is longer, you can self-publish it as a Report or as a Manual. On the other hand if you have about one hundred pages of content, you can self-publish your Niche Research as a book on the Lulu self-publishing website.

5. Lulu.com: Join the FREE Lulu publishing website. Upload your article, manual or book as a Word document, to the site. Next select a cover for your publication.Enter details of your publication onto the site.

6. Pay Pal: Add your Bank Account details and your Pay Pal email address and you are ready to earn money, from anywhere in the world.

7. Book Store: You can now put your book into the Online Lulu book Store, which will be added to the Lulu Marketplace. You will get a web-link where your book will be sold.

8. Advertise: Send your Book and Book store URL to your friends and spread the word using Social bookmarks, in order to get more people to visit your site.

9. Self-Published: I am a self-publisher on Lulu the FREE Publishing site. It works and I do earn some money from my work.I believe that you can be a successful Self-Publisher too.

Tips & Warnings

• Do Research
• Write your thoughts and any ideas related to the topic
• Make your Writing interesting
• Get a Great Title
• Do Keyword Research
• Try to keep your errors in writing to a minimum
• Always use a reference to a source, in your writings if necessary

Resources

• Publish Success